Week 2 has been great so far. We've been teaching a lot of people and finding many as well, but most importantly it was Thanksgiving. Three different families had signed up to feed us on Thursday night but none of them knew we had other dinners also and we didn't see any good reason to tell them. So they were all delicious, but they kept expecting us to go get more plates of food because we're "growing boys" so I was so stuffed at the end of the day. My companion is a diabetic so he just used that as an excuse because he knew he was going to have to make room so I had about 6 plates of food for dinner and he had a lot less. It's great to be a missionary in Portland because at least we know we won't starve. We also shared a short thanksgiving message with one of our inactive members and by they end of it she was crying and said she would invite one of her friends to church with her! We unfortunately didn't see either of them on Sunday but it was still cool.
Wednesday we went store finding and found three new people to teach in about 30 minutes. It's super easy to talk to the Congolese people because they're so friendly so all we did was put cassava and cornflower in our cart (to make fufu) and they would start talking to us. When they find out we speak french it's a done deal and they basically invite us over to their house. The hardest part is getting people to follow through on appointments. So many times we knocked on doors and nobody was home when they said they would be. We had a dinner appointment earlier this week and we called when we were at the door so we could be let in, and they told us they'd be home in 5 minutes but it ended up being more like 30. When we are able to teach the lessons they usually go very well. Isaac, who we've been teaching for 3 weeks said he wants to be baptized soon!
During the warmer months the missionaries volunteer at one of the lighthouse stores, so Saturday was our last time there and they let us go up to the top of the lighthouse. I'll send some pictures of the beautiful coast. If you're curious about it, it's called the Portland Headlight. It's been around since the 1700's and George Washington actually commissioned it.
Saturday night we had dinner with the other Portland Elders and there was a deal on fresh lobster so I got to try my first lobster in Maine which was awesome.
It's been an amazing week and I was reminded once again of the importance of daily scripture reading. I've been enjoying having an hour every day to devote to personal study and I can testify that the Book of Mormon is true and will change your life if you let it. Reading before starting your day sets the tone and helps you to have the Spirit with you the rest of the day as long as you're choosing the right.
A Lundi prochain,
Elder Martin
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